It’s brand new, we get the knee jerk reaction, no one has rebooted like this before. One response said, 'We are not backing down on this. Volition has been responding to some of those criticisms through the official Saints Row Twitter account, trying to fan the flames a little and calm the community down.
Many complaints have been made towards the young crew and some fans are decidedly against the new tone and direction of the game, claiming that it's no more gangster than the third and fourth games. Fans have been posting about the reboot all over Twitter, Reddit, and YouTube, mocking the game's visual style and the lack of gangster behaviour from the younger characters.